Prose
What is main idea?
What the story is mostly about.
What are verses?
What are stage directions?
Tells a character how to act or how to speak.
What are character traits?
special qualities of characters.
What is point of view?
The perspective a story is told from.
What is setting?
Where and when the story takes place.
What are stanzas?
A group of verses.
What is a cast of characters?
the list of characters that will appear in a play.
What are motivations?
reasons why characters act, think, feel as they do.
What is first person point of view?
A character goes through the event. Written by that character. That character is narrating their own story.
What is an inference?
When you draw a conclusion based on evidence. (Reasonable guess)
What is rhyme?
When words have the same ending sounds.
What is descriptions?
The describe what a character or setting will look like.
What are events in a story?
what takes place in a story, (beginning, middle, end)
What is third person?
Written by an outside narrator. Doesn't go through the event.
What is summarizing?
Restating what the story is about in your own words.
What are the elements of poetry?
Stanzas, verses, rhyme, meter, rhythm,
What are the elements of a play?
Cast of characters, setting, descriptions, dialogue, stage directions, script
What are myths?
Stories made up to explain human behavior or why/how things happen in nature.
What are context clues?
Antonyms, synonyms, examples, definitions, that help you understand the meaning of an unknown word.
What is theme?
Moral or lesson.
What is the purpose of a poem?
To convey thoughts and feelings.
What is the purpose of a play?
To be acted out on stage.
What is pattern of events?
likely or expected way something will happen
What is a quest?
A journey a character goes on to reach a goal, normally to help someone.